Date: 20 Apr 2023 Venue: The Great Ball Room – The Lalit Great Eastern Kolkata Thanks to the onslaught of reels and elaborate vlogs pertaining to Iftar i.e. the meal taken by Muslims at sundown to break the daily fast during Ramadan, I automatically learnt a lot about this meal, it’s protocols and reverence attached…
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We Celebrated Galantines @ Pawanputra, Kolkata 🙂
Pawanputra, the popular vegetarian multicuisine diner had introduced a special menu called The Valentine’s Extravaganza for the Valentine’s Week which was from 7-14 Feb. It comprised of two set meals, each of which comprised of a Love Special Mocktail, a starter, two main course dishes and a dessert. Each meal was meant for two people…
Vegetarian Burmese Cuisine @ Burma Burma, Kolkata 🙂
Popular for it’s vegetarian and vegan Burmese & Asian dishes (both original and adaptations), speciality teas and artisanal desserts, Burma Burma – the Russell Street based fine dining restaurant and tea room is slowly and steadily becoming quite popular amongst the vegetarian diners of Kolkata, specially when many are looking for vegan and/or gluten-free options…
Vegetarian Bengali Cuisine By Anjali Bhattacharjee 🙂
I am blessed with foodie girlfriends cum home chefs who prepare yummy cuisine of their region and care to make it all veg to suit the palate of few of us who are vegetarians. Few months back Anjali Bhattacharjee dished out a fantastic Bengali Cuisine meal for us. It comprised of – – Aam Pora…
Buffet at Home by First Innings – The Stadel 🙂
The second wave of the ongoing pandemic resulted into temporary closure of dining units of hotels & restaurants, which are now thankfully re-opening albeit for fixed hours. However, many of them still continue to serve their loyal patrons by providing home delivery service of their signature specialities, the usual frequently ordered items and immunity booster…
Annakut Bhog – The Prasad Of 56 Food Items 🙂
The festival of Annakut (meaning a heap of grain) Puja, popularly known as Govardhan Puja, is celebrated on the 4th day of Deepawli, the 5 day Hindu festival of lights. For the Annakut festival, a meal using 56 different kinds of grains and vegetables are used to prepare the prasad known as Chappan Bhog. In…
No Onion No Garlic Vegetarian Lunch @ Govinda’s, Kolkata ☺
Govinda’s is a one if it’s kind 100 seater vegetarian restaurant located on the ground floor of Sri Sri Radha Govindaji Mandir at Minto Park in Kolkata. The entry to the restaurant area is through their in-house sweet shop. The entire restaurant is a collection of three inter connected rooms with white walls, simple white…
Italian Lunch @ Amici Cafe, Cyber Hub, Gurugram ☺
When you happen to be travelling to the same city as your visiting Italian lady friend, the best way to celebrate is to have a true blue Italian lunch with her at a restaurant of her choice. That’s what we did and our Italian friend opted to eat at Amici Cafe at Cyber Hub, Gurugram….
Lovely Food Presentation @ Gabbar’s Bar & Kitchen, Kolkata 🙂
I remember this one being an impromptu dinner planned for three of us, to celebrate the Kolkata visit of a dear one. Our food order comprised of – – Mushroom Chai: Accompanied with edible Dehydrated Mushrooms and Truffle Sugar, the Mushroom Chai was a far cry from the usual Mushroom Soup or Cream of Mushroom….
Sumptuous Holi Platter @ Pasticceria, Salt Lake 🙂
Primarily popular for her timely delivered and tasty breakfast platters, Beena Agarwal, the home chef cum baker who works under her 5 years old brand Pasticceria, also deals in sumptuous platters designed for festivals and social events. Yesterday, she sent me 2 trays full of Holi Love. The Holi Platter had dishes from Oriental cuisine,…